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MECHANISM FOR PRODUCING HOLLOW GLASSWARE.

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MECHANISM FOR PRODUCING HOLLOW GLASSWARE.

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MECHANISM FOR PRODUCING HOLLOW GLASSWARE.

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MECHANISM FOR PRODUCING HOLLOW GLASSWARE.

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MECHANISM FOR PRODUCING HOLLOW GLASSWARB.

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MECHANISM FOR PRODUCING HOLLOW GLASSWARE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 31, 1907.

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' UNI ED STATES CHRISTIAN JULIUS KOENIG, OFALTON, ILLINOIS.

MECHANISM FOR PRODUCING HOLLOW GLASSWARE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 21, 1908.

Application filed January 31. 1907. Serial No. 356.102- v I To all whomit may concern: I

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN JuLrUs KOENIG, residing at Alton, in thecounty of Madison and State of Illinois, have invented a new andImproved Mechanism for Producing Hollow Glassware, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My present invention {has for its purpose the roduction of hollow lassware, in whic the actuating mechanisms are automatic, whereby thehandling 'of the product is such that the operation of taking'up themolten glass, shaping it to a primary form and then shaping it to thefinal form and then discharging the completely shaped prodnot, arecontinuous and the severa actuating means are so timed and brought intoaction at predetermined intervals that the operation of the machine isreadily controlled and rendered one of great capacity.

My resent invention, in its generic nature,

embo 'es the mechanisms broadly-disclosed in my co-pending applicationNo. 283,636, filed Oct. 20, 1905, allowed July 9, 1906 and applicationNo. 347,716, filed Dec. 13, 1906, and my said present inventionprimarily seeks to provide an im roved construction of the mechanismgener y disclosed in my copending ap lications aforesaid, having in viewthe re uction of the cost of construction, the reduction of the severalparts and the combining them, whereby the machine will be renderedmore-compact and simplified and the cocperative arrangement of thevarious parts, particularly the means for effectmg the initial and finalshaping of the ware,

so designed whereby a maximum production capacit is obtained with aminimum'waste or brea age of the material from which the Ware is formed.

With the above objects in view and other objects hereinafter made clear,my present invention'consists in certain combinations of.

the supporting frame, the centra column,

and the six heads or independent orco operatively combined mechanism.Fig. 2, is a top plan view of the central part 0 the complete mechanismand illustrating the connection of the drive gearing of each head orindependent set of mechansims, and the connection of the said mechanismswith the main drive gear 109, hereinafter described.

Fig. 3, is a top plan view of one of the independent sets of mechanismswhich will herelnafter be designated head No. 2. Fig. 4, is a detail topplan view of head No. 1 and showing the arts in the first position, thefore or initial formers being closed and the true or final formers ormold carrying mem bers being open. Fig. 5', is a similar view of headNo. 5, the fore form and the true form carrying members being in the midposition, sufliciently open to provide for the removal of the finallysha ed production.- Figs. 6 and 6 when rea together, illustrate an irreular vertical section of the complete mac 'ne, taken substantially onthe line 66 on Fig. 1, Fig. 6 showin a section'of head No. 1 and Fig. 6a sectlon of head No. 5.

Fig. 7, is a plan view of one of the neck rin s, I

of which there is one for each head or in ependent sets of mechanism.Fig. 8, is a vertical cross section thereof on the line 8-8 on Fig. 7.Fig. 9, is a similar view, taken at right angles to Fig. 8, see line 9.9on Fig. 7. Fig. 10, 1s a detail, view on an enlarged scale of the wormscrew 180, clutch 90 and the gear members that cooperate therewith. Fig.11, is a detail plan view of the parts, viewed substantially from theline 11-'11 1n direction of arrow 11, see Fig. 6. Fig. 12, is a detailview of the lever -92 hereinafter referred to. Fig. 13 is a detail viewof parts 75, A and B. Fig. 14, is a horizontal section on the line 1414of Fig. 15. Fig. 15, is a detail view ofthe rod 123, with lu A and theslotted lug 160. Fig. 16, is a 'agrammatic plan view of the mechanismfor actuating the cut off or shearing,knife. Fig. 17,

- is a plan view of the ware receiving table and the actuatin meansconnected thereto. Fig. 18, is a detall view of rod 123, rack 124, thegears 125126127 and shaft 128 hereinafter referred to. Fig. 19, is adetail plan 'view, viewed from line 19, Fig. 18. Fig. 20, is a "24 is adetail view of the arts 98, 96 and 97 7 detail view of detent 18 andtrippmgdug 1 9 hereinafter specifically re erred to. .Fig. 25,

' anism can be readily moved into position to work in conjunction with'a specially con-- structed furnace and tank, and the ware conveyer, sothat when thus ositioned, the shaped ware may be readily elivered to andfinished at the leers.

Upon the base is fixedly mounted a centrally disposed vertical columnand upon this columnis rotatably supported a frame which carries aseries of independent mechanisms hereinafter termed heads eachof whichoperates to produce the finished article or articles during the cycle ofmovement, the several heads being however cooperatively connected withan actuating means that is common to. all of the heads and whichautomatic all effects the successive adjustments of .the d' erentdevices or sub-mechanisms embodied in each head, at predetermined times,the several heads having such correlative con-, nection with thecentrally disposed controlling means, that the several movementsnecessary to complete one cycle of a head, that is, the movements whichoccur in the machine at ,the' time that the head lowers into the moltenglass to draw a charge, deliversthe finally shapedware and then againlowers to the molten material to. receive anew charge, are as follows.1st: Head lowers to take glass. 2nd: Fore form (the initially shapingmeans) takes lass. 3rd: Head raises out .of glass. 4th: nifecuts offentrailing glass. 5th: Fore form opens and the true form (the finalshaping' means) closes, and neck rin turns 90 6th: Article is blown tofina shape, 7th: Trueformopenshalfway,-fore form closes half waysa1dparts being at the midway position and neckring opens. 8th:v Tableraises to take finally shaped ware and lowers :ag'ain with the ware.9th: Neck ring turns 90,? back to the first position. 10th: Finalmovement. Fore form closes to the mold and true form likewise opens.

Referring now generally to the central or supportin and actuating meansand. more articular y to Figs.- 6 and 6 of the drawings, designates a suporting base which is mounted upon trac wheels 22, whereby the entiremachine can be readily moved uponthe track into position to work inconjunctlon with the tank T and with suitable conveying means (notshown), for delivering the shaped ware or products to the leers to befinished in any well-known manner. Upon the base 3 is fixedly mounted astationary hollow column 4, about which the multiple heads,six beingshown, rotate. On the upper end of the column 4 is mounted a column'7,from which radiate six arms that are bolted-at their inner ends to thesaid collar 7, the latter also serving as a bearing for the upper end ofthe column4, as shown. Column 4, near the lower end, has an annularbearing 4*, upon which is mounted a bearing rin 4", upon which'seats anumber of radia ly arranged bearing rollers 5 with which engages abearing ring 6 mounted on the 4 support the entire weight of the sixradially extended arms 24, the'upper ends of whic are bolted to thecollar 7, as shown. At the lower end, the. member '6 has an annularflange 6 around which turns 'a cog gear 23 which is sup orted upon anannular frame 4 on the mem er 4." i

The gear 23 is driven by a s ur 159 as best shown in Figs. v1 and 2 andt e gear 159 receives motion through suitable intermediate gearingfromthe gear 1 1 1 see Fig. 2 mounted on the lower end of the main shaft110 from which power for all the'movementsof theseveral mechanisms,hereinafter explained, is taken,-and which in turn receives its' owerfrom the motor driven shaft 113, as'c' early shown in the drawings. Thedrive shaft 1 10 extends up through the hollowcolumn 4 and at the upperend it carries a spur gear 109 that meshes with and imparts motion tothe six gears 108 mounted on; the! short vertical shafts 107 that aresupported one on each of the radial arms or frames 24.

Each shaft 107 carries a bevel gear at the lower end as clearly shown inFigs. 6 and 23, from which it will be seen that the said gears 105 meshwith bevel gears103-104 that are loosely mounted on the short horizontalshaft 89 which is suitably mounted on the, arm or frame 24 and whichcarries .a shifting clutch 102 having a feather and spline connectionwith the said shaft 89 and which is adapted to be moved into engagementwith either one of the gears 103104 to provide for imparting reversemotion to the shaft 107, the said parts 103, 104, 102

and 105 forming the reversingmechanism which is automatically controlledat redetermined times in the manner present y explained.

87 and 88 indicate beveled gears that are fixedly mounted on the shaft89, one of which, 87, meshes with a bevel gear86 that is loosely mountedon the lowerend of a screw shaft 83 and the other gear 88 meshes with abevel gear 91 mounted 'on the lower end of a worm shaft 180, as clearlyshown in- Figs. 6 and 10, it being understood that a similarset ofdevices or sub-mechanisms as those generally referred to and shown inFig.

6 are included ineach of the six heads.

38 designates avertically disposed shaft that is driven from the shaft89by a beveled pinion 60 on the outer end 89 of the shaft, whichincludes an intermediate section 89, the several sections of the shafthaving universal joints as clearly shown in Fig. 6, the beveled pinion60 meshing with a similar inion 59 on the shaft 38. The shaft 38 isowever', only driven from the shaft 89 when theclutchx33' mounted on theupper end of the said shaft,.and which will hereinafter be fullydescribed, is thrown into action.

94 and 100 indicate levers and 98 desige nates a sliding bar, said barand the levers '94- and 100 moving with the head as it rotates about thestationary collar and the said levers 100 and 94 and the sliding bar98are operated by cam. rejections on the column 4 at predetermine times,in the manner and forthe. purposes hereinafter explained.

Having thus generally outlined the main actuating devices for one of theheads or independent sets of mechanism, a detailed de- -scr1 tlonthereof is best disclosed by now descri ing the several operations ormovements of the complete machine in a complete cycle.

First movement-Head lowers into the molten glass in tank T.Referring nowto head No. 1, as it is moved and just before it moves out of theposition shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, lever 94 engages thecam a: onthe column 4 (see Fig. .28) and thereby shifts bar 93, which causes thelever 92 (see Figs. 6, ,11, ,12) to" ress upon the spring B which liftsa stop out of a seat 98 in a clutch member 90, slidably mounted upon theshaft 180, as clearly shown in Fig. 6 & 10 and thereby releasessaidclutch and permits it to drop into engagement with a clutch member91 of the gear 91 that is driven from the shaft 89, which adjustment ofparts sets the worm screw shaft 180 into operation.

At the same time that the arm 94 is engaged by the cam on the column 4as stated, another cam m on the said column 4 engages a bar 98 which isthereby pushed back against the tension of a s ing 99, mounted upon thesaid bar 98, WhiC i'l action of the bar 98 operates to swing a lever 101connected at one end of the bar and midway fulcrumed, into the directionindicated by the arrow on Fig. 6 and since the up er end of the saidlever engages the clutch 102', it moves said clutch 102 into engagementwith the clutch face 104 of the gear 104, thus providing for setting inmotion shaft 89.

Before the machine ceases to rotate, the arm 94 is released, whichthrough the med1um of alink arm 95 pivotally secured to the arm 94,pulls the pivoted arm 96 up and throws latch dog 97 pivotally mounted onI lowerin the frame .member 24 and which has'a heel 97' working intheslot 96 of the member 96, in front of the heel projection 98 of thebar 98, and thereby holds bar 98 to its rearwardly shifted position andthe'clutch 102 locked with the clutch gear 104 while the spring 99 onthe bar 98 is held compressed.

' When the worm shaft 180 is set in motion by the. drop ing of theclutch 90 into engagement with t e clutch gear 91 as stated, movement isimparted to a worm wheel 180 that is keyed to a shaft 180 that carries alarge spur gear 167 (see dotted lines on Fig. 6) which meshes with arack 166 that forms a fixed part of the head frame and through the'medium of which the said head frame is Fig.6, thereby causing the rack166 to lower the head to the glass in the tank T. This movement of thehead, however, ceases w en the lower end. of a buffer shaft 67 mountedon the head frame enga es the drop arm 75 fulcrumed u on the ra 'al armor frame member 24 an which co-acts with the clutch 90 in such manner,so as to raise it out of engagement with the clutch gear 91. At thispoint it should be stated that when the arm 94 causes the sto A to moveout of engagement with and re ease clutch 90, the head moved down andcaused the stop 69, adj'ustably mounted on the shaft 67 to engage alever arm 71, fulcrumed on a bracket 71 mounted on'the frame member 24(see Fig.

6) said lever arm 71 being connected to the lever arm 75 by. a linkmember 72 that is guided in a boss 74 on the frame 24 and which isnormally forced in an upward direction by a spring 73, the tension ofwhich serves to move'the lever 75 and bring the stop A into position toagain engage with the notch 98 of the seat in the clutch 90, thus makingit possible that the lever 75 stop the movement,

as described. I

Second movement-4 Foreform takes glass.-

-181 designates a pipe, which, in practice, is-

connected to a vacuum chamber indicated by 1 V on Figs. -1 & 21 and 183designates a pipe that is suitably connected to a pressure tankindicated by P on Figs. 1 & 21 both tanks being separate from themachine.

182 is a stationary casting mounted on the up er endof the hollow column4 and 184 is ,a' g and or packing box, secured to the collar 7 to rotatewith the head and is so fitted about the casting 182 to form an airtight box, and the said casting 184 also has a series of radiallydisposed apertures or ports 184 to receive the'several air leading pipes25, of

which there is one for each head, and all of which communicaterespectively with a blowing or suction member 27 of their respectiveheads, connected at the upper end in such manner that at predeterminedtimes the said vacuum pipe is brought into communication with theseveral leading pipes fromthe severalheads", numbered 1 to 6, it. beingunderstood that the adjustments of the head No. 1 and the actuatingmechanism that controls the movement thereof is such that when the headreaches its lowermost -movement and'is dipped in the glass, the leadpipe therefor comes into communication with .the air duct 187 and thusrovides for filling the fore forms of the hea No. 1 with the moltenglass from the tank'T by suction action. a

Pipe 25 of the head No. 1 is in'communication with duct 187 only so longas the. head i No. 1 is in the dipped position and it is in stantly cutoil from the said duct 187 when the said head No. 1 leaves the positionshown in Fig. 1 of the drawings while proceeding toward the positionshown by head No. 2 since the sai duct 187 is now covered by the wallsof the rotating casting 184. At this 1 oint it should be mentioned whenthe fore arms 44 that control the swin orm members 143 are closed, oneof the of the true form members 142 en ages a ever 48 and lifts rod 51,held to its ownward position by the spring'49, and'which is connected atthe lower end to a pivoted lever 52 that engages a clutch' 53 on thelower end of shaft 38 and moves the said clutch into engagement with anopposing clutch member 54 on a shaft 54 that carries a gear 56 on thelowerend of shaft 54; which sets in motion the gears 57 and 58' andgears 144, 145, 146, fonthe pur- 'plished in the following manner.

' a bell, crank lever 76, see Fig. 6', whic reason of its'connectionwith a ullmg bar 77 oses and in the manner hereinafter more llydescribed.

I Third movement-*Head rises.Head No. 1 (and successively the otherheads) in the practical operation of my present invention, 1s allowed tostay in the molten glass in the tank T for 1% seconds, when it must riseagain and this lattermovement of the head is accom- When the stop member68, which is adjustably mounted on the buffer shaft 67, on the downmovement of the head, engaged lever and moved it to throw out the clutch90, another stop 69 also adjustably mounted on the shaft 67 en agedshifted said bar to the left and t ereby moved a pivoted detent or armD, (see Fig-11) out of engagement with the lateral lug or head 1 79 of aclutch actuating rod 79, which when released by the member D (see dottedlines Fig. 1 1) is pulled down by a spring F (see Fig. 6) and therebymoved the clutch in engagement with theclutch pinion 86, and started inmotion the screw shaft 83 in such direction that thenut 82descends'until its adjustable sto 82 engaged a lug G on lever 92 (seeFigs. 6 11) to which the lever member 93 is pivotally joined, and whichincludes a pendent member 92?, by means of which the clutch is releasedand permitted to dro intoengagement with the worm 180 sue operation ofthe parts stated again setting in motion worm 180, but this time in suchd1- rection .to cause thehead to rise. this latter movement, gear 91 isalso caused To effect to turn reversely' to its movement'when the "headwas lowered and for such purpose the clutch- 102 is disengaged from gearclutch 104 and shifted into enga ement with clutch gear 103 which isefiectedi down onlug G onlever 92 and causing lever 94 to move andtopush down through the link 95 the lever 96 which raises the dog 97,

releases bar 98 and allows spring 99 to shift y the stop 82 pushing suchbar back to the first position and therebyv swing lever 101 to shoveclutch 102 into engagement with the clutch' 103. The reverse movementjust referred to occurs when clutch 90drops-into clutch pinion 91, and

during suchad ustment of parts the head is raised until the sto member69 engages lever 71 and the latter, t ough the connection7 2 tilts lever.75 and again raises clutch 90 out of gear with the opposing clutchmember 91 During the-o eration o ;the parts referred to, the nut 82-t attravels on screw 83 when it strikes lug G, reverses the main shaft andthereby reverses motion of the screw 83, which motion is now such tofeed nut 83 up until it-engages the member D and raises the rod 79 whichpreviously disengaged the clutch 85 and stopped the motion of screw 83.

Fourth 'movement Knife cuts of entraiL when said motion to the artsstated stops.

my gZass.Referring nowmore particularly to Fig. 6, it will be seen thatthe knife 16 is.

fixedly,but adjustably, mounted on a 14, mounted in suitablebearin'gs onthe ase or truck frame, and which carries at the lower end a spur gear.13 that lies in the horizontal plane of, and mesheswith asegmental'gear.

12 on an arm 12 that bears in a cam 160 see Figs. 2 and 18 which isdriven from the train of gears mounted in the base, see- Fig.8."

2 and 18. The knife 16 is normally held swung in a position at 90 to thecenter line of head'l, by means of a spiral spring 16 untll tlon No. 1see Fig. 1.

pass under the fore form andshear-off the trailin glass. When theoperation referred to is e ected, cam160-disengages the arm 12 andallows the spring 16 to rock shaft 14 the gear 13 and segmental gear 12and the knife 16 back again to the former position i. e. until thecenter line of the kmfe is again. 90 to center line of head 1. Shaft14which rotates in its bearings, does notrotate about the column- 4, ithaving a fixed position to 0 0- operate with the heads when they reachposi- When the fore forms lower to the glass in tank T, the center lineis parallel to the center line of the head, but when the true formcloses. its center lineis per endicular to the center line of the headtime when the ware or article being made is finished, and after thisaction has occurred the mechanism constituting the head starts towardposition No. 6, see Fig. 1',

when the-neck ring must again close and turn back 90 to the position ithad when head was at position No. 1.

Referring now to Figs. 7, 8 and 9, which show the neck ring and theactuating mechanism therefor, 150 designates a stationary casting havingsuitable bearings for disks K and I and a cam L. Disk K has guides k7cfor slides NN and the said slides carry the neck ring, which is cut intotwo parts o0 and opens and closes on its center or dividing line'as theguides are moved outwardly and inwardly in the manner presentlyexplained. "Each slide member N has a pend ent flan e Mwhich engages thecam groove Z in suc manner that when the cam L revolves relatively tothe disk K, the said slide members N N are reciprocated whereby to openand close the neck ring, as stated. Cam L is actuated by a gear 130drivenby a flexible shaft 129 joined with the shaft 128, said gear 130engagin the spur gears Z on the inner rim surface of tie said cam L asclearly shown on Fig; 9 and Fig. 6 and as the said shaft 129 has itsbearing on'the disk K, the rotation of such shaft does not move the saiddisk. The opening of the neck ring forms a part of -the seventh movementof the complete movements of the machine and there- .fore the manner inwhich motion is trans- 90- the shaft 55 -is set in motion inthe man.

ner hereinafter described and gear 151 on the lower end thereof, seeFig. 6, is rotated,

and as this gear engages spur teeth on the peripheral face of fldlsk K,see Fig. 7, said disk K is rotated andfcarries the cam L,

slide members 'N and neckring 0 without relative motion between the saidarts, and.

thereby allows the neck ring mem ers toremain closed. The manner 1nwhich motion is stopped when the neck ring'has turned willebe describedlater.

shafts T are rotated while the molds or foreforms are drawing glass,such rotation being. by means of gears 144145146, one ofsaid shaftsor'spindles T being-screwed to the lower end ofa-hollow shaft 27' andlocked thereto by a set screw. When clutch 54 is thrown in as beforedescribed, while head" No. 1 was taking glass and gears 56 and 57rotated gear 58 and shaft 27, and motion. through the several gears istransmitted to the end heads or spindles SS that cooperate with thecentral head S.

147 on Fig. 8 is a duct in the casting 165 l' which forms the bearingfor members S that communicates with the air ducts on the three heads ors indles SSS and thus brings all three 0 said heads SSS in line with theair suction or blowin members. Each of the heads or s in les S' S.Sterminates in a nozzle 8, through which the air duct 148 leads, asshown, and the said nozzle U and the manner in which it is .held forrotation during the suction action prevents the glass from being drawninto the heads or spindles SSS The members S rest in cavities orsocketso in the parts Otomake air tight joints between said parts, sincein practice, the neck rin I never opens far enough to permit'member toslide off the bottom of cavity 0.

F 'ifth Movement- Fore form closes and neck ring turns 90.When theentiremachine begins to rotate from the position of head 1 to that ofhead 2 (see Fig. 1) a lever 100, see Fig. 6, is pushed down bya lug m oncolumn 4 (see head 5 on Fig. 28) which .causes stop 1 19 (see Fig. 6 'tomove the lever 65 which raises-rod 1.15 and by movement of said rodcauses a lever 114 to-throw clutch 33 into engagement with clutchgear34. When the parts are thus adjusted, gear 34 on the shaft 38, driven bythe gears 59' and 60, causes the gear35 to rotate screw 36. Screw 36 hasa right hand portion 36* at the upper end and a left hand portion 36 atthelower end, and it carries arms 46 and 47 that have threaded portionsthat engage the upper and lower screw portions respectively,

and in such manner that as the screw, which is held in bearings at thetopand center, is rotated the said arms 46 and 47 travel in op ositedirections and thereby cause the A fore form to open as the true formcloses.

Arms 47 have bufler spring connections with the true and fore form anglearms 141 that serve to hold the forms or molds tightly closed when thusadjusted;

When theseveral forms or molds are near their mid-position, the neckring before referred to must turn through 90 and this movement isregulated by the traveling screw arm 46 by reason of the said arm, as itrises, see Fig. 6, coming into contact with a bell crank lever 39suitably mounted, and

which is normally held in the path of travel portion of the arm 46 whichcomes in contact with lever 39 is so shaped that the said lever is heldback only long enough to turn neck ring 90. The neck ring is broughtback to its exact or normal osition when the forms or molds close and te projections P on the neck ring 0 are forced into the cavities in saidforms or molds. Clutch 33 is thrown out of gear and movement of screw 36is stopped when the cross member 44, movable with arms 47, strikes therod- 31.

28 is a short arm loosely mounted on and projected laterally from theshaft 28, and eld up by thespring 30, see Fig. 6. At this point it isdeemed proper to explain the means for and manner of eflecting theinter- .mittent or stepby-step motion of the several heads 1 to 5 aboutthe column 4.

21 designates a roller, mounted on a rod 20, slidab e through a,vertical aperture in the gear 23, and moves about the column 4 with saidgear, and the said roller engages a cam groove 22 in the outer face ofthe annular flange 4 of column 4.

the rod 20 up with the upper end above the gear 23 the said bar comesinto contact with the projection 17 and since it, (the rod 20) is lockedto turn with the gear 23 motion is im- 1 I parted to the column 4 andthe parts carried thereby. The gears 23 and 20 now continue to movefreely 'until the time for heads to move again. when a beveled lug 19on" the gear ring 23 engages the beveled end 18 of the member 18 andraises it out of the notch 4 in annular flange 4 and thus leaves therotary carrier free to move, when cam 22 immediately raises the. member20 in position to again engage the member 17 when motion of thecarrieragain begins, the carrier being geared with the said drive mechanism.

'When the rotary portion of the machine'has moved almost'60,'cam 22draws the member 20. down until its upper end is in a plane below themembers 17after which the momentum of. the rotary portion-(carries saidportion'until stop pawl or dog 18 mounted on'the rotary. portion dropsinto the notch 4 which again stops motion of the rotary part or carrier.gear 159 driven by the train of gears mounted on the base 3.

1 Sixth Movement-Article is bZ0wn.As head No. 1, see Fig. 1', comes tothe position of head No. 2, the air pipe 25 is brought intocommunication-with the pressure duct 186 and the article is blown whilethe head remains at osition #2, and when the blowing Gear 23 is operatedby the is finishe the article is complete and is then carried to theosition of head #5 before it is released, such ength of travel beinggiven to the completed article to give it time to cool somewhat beforedischarging it. The head with the completed article now travels toposition #6 without further special operation of the parts, but when itreaches the position #6 the article is taken from the machine.

Seventh Movement True form opens'half way and fore form closes halfway,neck ring opens.-As the head 1 approaches position of head No.5 (seeFi 1) the cam a; on the rotary column 4 pushes back lever 98, andthrough the lever 101 actuatedv thereby, causes clutch 102 to now engageclutch member 104 and thereby. reverses motion of the shaft 89' and inconsequence actuates the screw 36 so that now it swings one set of arms47 up to arms 47 to swing the fore forms 143 down when the-clutch 33before referred to is thrown in, it being understood that as the lever98 is pushed back to the limit, the dog or detent 97 drops and holds thelever 98 to its shifted position. At this part of the operation ofthemachine, lever arm 100 is. en-' gaged by the cam'w and transmitsmovement to intermediate connections 121- 1717 designate lateralprojections in-. t'egral with collar 6, which are so placed thatwhengear 23 rotates and the cam 22 forces 120.661 19 and 65 and therebylifts rod 15 and throws clutch 33 in, as previously deopen the trueforms 142 and the other set of j scribed, and thereby swings the foreand true forms to their mid positions. When the forms or molds reachtheir mid positions anothercam no on column v4 engages lever 100 andmoves it so that rod 66'ca1'1se's lever 64-to force the rod 15 down andtherebyrelease clutch 3 3, which leaves the true and fore forms or moldsset at their mid positions, at

which they remain until the completed article is removed and the machinerotates and lever 100 is again actuated by a cam on the 132 andsuspended by a rod 123 held to freely rotate in the said rack, thelatter being nor- 160 is a sleeve mounted on one arm 46,

, throguh which the rod 123 moves and the said presently explained.

sleeve has ways -B', see Fig. 14 in which move stops A as shown and forthe purpose 118, (see Fig. 6) is a lever, (one 'of which is mounted onthe upper end of each head) which is normally projected from the head inthe horizontal planeby a spring 118*, and the said lever has a cam'portion 118 which causes the rod 123 when at its lowest position, to sostand that the stops A are at right angles to the ways B, and when therod rises the stops A will be turned to aline with the ways Band-thereby permit the weight 131 to pull the rack 124 down,

When the arm 46 descends again, the spring on lever 118 allows the camat the bottom of the ways B torotate the rod 123 so that the said armcan pass and be ready to again raise rod 123. Rack 124 has a stop 124 tolimit the fall thereof. In the seventh movement, just before the arm 46reaches its mid position and stops, sleeve 160 comes up under stops A(see Fig. 14) and raises rods 123 with rack 124 until arm 4 is stopped.As rack 124 travels upwardly it rotates gear 125, which through theconnections shown, rotates the flexible shaft 129 as described, and

the said movement of parts operates gear 130- and open neck ring asheretofore explained. Eighthmo'vement' Tab le takes finished ware andlowers again-152 designates a bevel pinionmounted on a bracket 152 onthe inside of the base, which at predetermined times is actuated bysuitable gearings 152", see Fig. 16. This pinion has a crank pin. 154that fits in slot 137 of a sliding bar 137, that extends horizontallythrough a slot 3 in the base and pivotally connects with the crank end136* of an arm 135, which, with two other arms 134, supports a table 133to which the outer ends of the arms 134-135 are pivotally connected, theinner ends of said arms being pivoted at 138 to a bracket 138 projectedradially from the base as clearly shown in Figs. 6" and 17.

When the bar 137 is slid out, the arms 134- 135 raise and bring thetable 133 in position under the forms or molds to take the ware, whichoperation is so timed that the table takes the ware just after it wasreleased by the neck ring devices. drawn in the table 133'descends, s'eedotted lines on Fig. 6, fromwhich it will be seen the table remainsduring its up and down movements in the horizontal position.

. move, the lever 100 .tion of machine, no separate used with the trueform as the bottoms are and 143", the movement of When arm 137 is Atable 133 is effected as the head is held at position No. 5.

In practice, a conveyer separate from the machine, receives the finishedware from table 133 when at the lower position and carries it to theleers.

Ninth movement-Neck ring closes -a nd t'umns .90.When the machine beginsto disengages the cam that held it up and moves under another cam 00that forces it down, and by reason of such movement of lever 100 and theparts controlled thereby, fore and arm 46 begins the last half of itstravel, and as soon as the arm 46 begins to move cam 118 turns the rod123 until stop A alines with the ways B, which now leaves rack 124 freeto be pulled down. by the weight 131, which movement rotates the shaftgears 125126 and in consequence shaft 129 in a direction opposite to itsformer movement and thereby actuates the neck ring controlling devicesto move the neck ring to close as explained.

During the operation last explained, arm 46 operates clutch 42 and asthe shaft carrying gear 151 is now reversed the neck ring is turned back90 to the point from which it started, as previously explained.

Tenth movement-Fore form closes and true form 0pens.-This last movementis going on at the same time the eighth movement is occurring, but it isnot completed until after the neck ring has come to rest. This tenthmovement was started under movement eight, and is stopped when headreaches position No. 5, except that the arm 46, in reaching the limit ofits up movement, strikes rod 29, see Fig. 6, and disengages clutch 33.This movement takes the head to the position No. 6 and now needs only tomove it to position No. 1 to complete cycle of movement of the machine.

' It will be noticed in my present construcbottom plate is forms, see142 the forms being such that the bottoms clear as the forms open. Thefore forms are shorter than the true forms to allow for stretching inglass, while changing forms.

made as a part of the said In the practical arrangement of my machine,the several heads 1 to 6 revolve about the column twice each minute,thereby making it possible to produce thirty-six complete clutch 33 isthrown in as bearticles with the construction described, per

minute.

I Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is I 1. In a glass gathering machine, a support,

' a carrier mounted on the support and extend- The operation of raisingand lowering the 1 ed radially therefrom, automatic means for raisingand lowering the support at predetermined times, a glass gathering meansmounted on the support, including opposing mold heads having a pluralityof cores, automatic mechanism for reversibly turning said mold heads 90.at predetermined times, and means on the central support for engagingwith and setting the said automatic mechanism in operation when thecarrier rotates as set forth.

2. In a machine for the manufacture of hollow glass ware, 'a centralsupport, a carrier rotatably mounted thereon, a forming head mounted onthe carrier having a mold provided with a plurality of cores, means fordrawing molten glass into the mold around the cores, means mounted onthe carrier for rotating the molds, and devices on the central supportadapted to set said means into action as the carrier is rotated.

3. In-a machine for the manufacture of hollow glass ware, a centralsupport, a carrier rotatably mounted thereon, a plurality of independentmechanisms or heads of like construction supported on the carrier, eachof said mechanisms including a blank mold and a blowing mold, said moldsbeing 006 eratively joined and adapted to alternate y open or close,means for first causing molten glass to flow into the blank mold when itis closed, and for then blowing the formed blank, a screw feedcontrolled means for ac- I tuating the alternate opening and closing ofthe molds, and devices on the carrier, and on the support adapted tocoact at predetermined t mes to create a reversal movement of the screwfeed for the purposes specified.

tion with a stationary support, a carrier rotatably mounted on the saidsupport, a plurality of heads mounted on the carrier, mechanism on eachhead for collecting a glass charge and for shaping the same, and meansfor in termittently rotating the carrier, of a drive mechanism in gearwith all the glass charge collecting and shaping means, and means forintermittently actuating and locking the drive mechanism with the rotarycarrier, and

disengaging the same therefrom at predeterminedtimes.

5. In a hollow glass ware making machine, a central support, a carrierrotatably mountedon the support, a series of radially rojected headsmounted on the carrier, a g ass gathering and shaping mechanism mountedon each head, a. continuously rotating drive gear, a detent carriedthereby, and means for automatically shifting said detent atpredetermined times into engagement with the carrier to impart apartialrotation thereto,-

for the purposes set forth.

6. In a hollow glass ware making machine, a central support, a carrierrotatably mounted on the said support, a series of radiallyprojectedhead frames mounted on'the carrier, a glass gathering andshaping means mounted on each head; of a' continuously rotating drivegear, a detent carried therebyand automaticmechanism for adjusting the Ydetent to engage the carrier and move it with the gear and fordisengaging the detent from the carrier at predetermined intervals.

7. In a hollow glass ware making machine, I a central support, a carrierrotatabl mount-' ed thereon, a head'frame mounte onand projectedradially from the carrier, a glass gathering and shaping means mountedon the head, a continuously rotating drive gear,

a detent carried by said gear, automatic means for moving said detentinto and out of engagement with the carrier at predetermined times, andanother detent mounted on the carrier for limiting the movements. of

the carrier after it is moved by the drive gear groove 22, said detentbeing movable through and carried by the gear 23 and adapted to engagewith the carrier members '17, and the beveled lug 19 on the gear 23 forengaging.

beveled edge18 of the detent 18 for the purposes set forth. i

9. In a hollow glass ware machine, a central support, a carrierrotatably mounted 4. In a glass shaping machine, in combinathereon, saidcarrier including a radially proscribed, in combination with the centralstationary support, and the main drive mechanism mounted-thereon; of acarrier, rotatably Y mounted on the support, said carrier inclu ingradial frame members, a head sustained and having vertical movement oneach radial frame, a glass gathering and shaping means on each head; ofmechanism mounted on the radial frames for imparting reverse movementsto the heads, geared with the main drive mechanism, said reversingmechanism including a transmitting shaft, clutchmechanism thereon for imarting reverse motion 10. In a machine of the character deto said shaft,a clutc shifting device-and means on the stationary support for eri gag-11. In a machine for making hollow glass ware, a stationary centralsupport, a carrier rotatably mounted on the said sup ort, a

head sustained by the carrier and having vertical movement thereon, amain drive mechanism mounted on the stationary sup port, means mountedon the carrier for imjparting reciprocal vertical movement to the eads,said means including a drive shaft 107 geared with the main drive.gearing, said shaft carrying a beveled gear 105, a transmission shaft89, the clutch gears 103104 mounted on the said transmission shaft andmeshin with the gear 105 the sliding clutch 102, a sIn'fting device thatengages the clutch 2'0 which the said shifting device engages as thecarrier is rotated and by which the said de- .vice-is' moved inalternate directions, and glass gathering and sha ing means mounted on.the heads, substantia ly as described.

12. In a hollow glass ware making machine, a central support, a maindrive mechanism mounted on the said support, said mechanism including aspur gear 109, a carrier .rotatably mounted on the support, said carrierincluding a radial arm, a head mounted on the said arm for verticalmovement with respect thereto, and having a rack member, glass gatheringand shaping means mounted on the head, screw actuated gearing thatengages with the rack member on the head, a transmission shaft, asliding clutch for controlling the motion of the screw gearing, theshaft 107 geared with the spur gear 109 and carrying a. beveled gear105, the clutch gears 103-104. mounted on the transmission shaft, aclutch 102 slidably mounted on the said shaft between the gears 103 104,the lever 94 connected with and controlling the screw gearing clutch, aclutch member 101 and arms 98, cams on the stationary support with whichthe members 94 and 98 engage at predetermined times and devicescontrolled by the vertical moveing clutch in one direction as set forth.

' 13. In ahollow glass Ware making machine, the combination with astationary central support having a pair of air ports, one of which isin communication with an air exhausting and the other with an airblowing means, a carrier rotatably mounted on the support, a pluralityof glass gathering and shaping means, each including an air leadingpipe, a box mounted on the carrier having ports, one for each airleading pipe, adapted to be alternately brought in communication withthe suction and the blowing air ports in the stationary support, as thecarrier is ro- 5 tated.

'102, cams on the stationary support withsaid clutch in one direction,and other dementof'the head for shifting the screw gear-' 14. In amachine for making hollow glass ware, the combination with a stationarysupport having hub like portion and having two ports, that dischargelaterally,'a vacuum tank connected to one of said ports, an

air compressor connected with the other port, a carrier rotatablymounted on the support, an air tight boxing movable with the carrierthat turns on the hub having the air ports, a glass gathering andshaping means mounted on the carrier, said means including an air tubeconnected with the boxing, said boxing having a port for bringing saidtube alternately in communication with the exhausting and feeding portsin the stationary hub, as set forth.

15. In a hollow glass ware makin machine, the combination with thecentra support, the main drive gearin supported thereby, the rotarycarrier, the head mounted in the carrier for vertical movement andhaving a rack member, and a glass gathering and shaping means mounted onthe head; of a screw gear mechanism in mesh with the head rack, meansfor imparting reverse motion to 90 the screw gear mechanism actuatedfrom the main drive mechanism, said means including a shiftable clutch,devices actuated by a cam on the stationary support for shifting vicesfor shifting said clutch in a reverse direction actuated by the downmovement of the rack carrying head.

'16. In combination with the stationary support, the main drivemechanism sustained thereby, and the rotary carrier, the glass gatheringand shaping mechanism, a supporting head, held for vertical movements onthe carrier, said head including a rack member; of a worm gear mechanismthat enga es 5 with the head rack, a reversely rotata le transmissionshaft, a clutch gear forming a part of the worm gear mechanism driven bysaid transmission shaft, means actuated by the rotation of the carrierfor throwin said fclutch ear out of action, a-means for t owing saidclutch gear back into operative position, and (lGVlGGS actuated by thetransmission gear for setting the said clutch gear back in mesh with thetransmission gear, 5

and mechanism actuated by the down move ment of the head for movin saiddevices in gear with the transmission s aft at predetermined times. 1

17. The combination with the central support, the main drive gearing,therotary car- .rier, the glass gathering and shaping mechanismsupporting head mounted on the carrier for vertical movement, mechamsmfor imparting reverse vertical movement to the head, driven from themain drive gearing,

said mechanism including a transmission shaft, reversing clutch gearsfor controlling the direction of movement of said transmission shaft, alever normally held to movev the 30 shiftable member of the clutchesinto en' gagement with one of the clutch gears, a cam device on thestationary member for throwing said lever to move the shiftable clutchmember into mesh with the opposite clutch gear, a detent engaging saidlever to hold it at its last stated position, and means for releasingsaid detent controlled by the upward movement of the head having therack, as set forth.

18. In a glass sha ing machine the combination with a blank ,orming moldand a blowing mold, and means for simultaneously and alternately openingand closing said molds and means for exhausting the air from the blankmold and blowing into blowing mold; the several molds'having a pluralityof mold cavities; of a neck ring having a plurality of blowing cores andmeans automatically actuated when the blank molds are opened to rotatethe neck to 90 for the purpose specified.

19. In a hollow glass ware machine, a

blank forming mold open at one end, means for moving the said end of themold into and from a molten mass, a suction pipe having a core at thelower end, ada ted to fit into the mold, automatic means or rotating thesuction pipe and core as the mold is being moved into the molten glassand an air e hausting means connected to the suction pipe.

20. In 'a hollow glass ware machine, a

' blank forming mold open at one end, means for -causing-the mold tomove into and out of a molten mass, a'suction pipe having a core at thelower end adapted to fit into the glass, an air exhausting meansincluding a conveying pipe, an air tight joint that connects the saidpipe and the suction pipe, the latter having its end rotatably mountedin said joint and automatic means operable'at predetermined times forrotating the' air pipe and core, as set forth.

21. In a machine of the character stated, the combination with asupporting head,

- means for moving it toward and from the glass tank or vat, of a glassathering and shaping means mounted on t e head comprising a blank moldcomposed of a pair of inged sections, a blowing -mold composed of a pairof hinged sections disposed-in a plane at right angles to the othersections,

' a cross head for each pair of hinged sections whose vertical movementsopen and close said sections alternate, means for simultaneouslyactuating the two crossheads to move in opposite directions, and devicesfor setting the said means into an operative condition at predeterminedtimes, as set forth.

.22. In a machine of the character de- I "scribed, a pair of oppositelydisposed blank mold sections hingedly mounted on the head frame, anotherlike pair of blowing molds hingedly mounted on said frame in a plane atrlght angles to the other sections,

two cross heads, one for each set of mold.

members, automatic means for moving said.

cross heads u and down alternately, and pivotal and yieldableconnections that join themold sections and the mold head, as set forth.

23. In a glass shaping machine, the combination with a shaping meansconsisting of two sets of molds, one set of molds being provided for aninitial shaping of the glass, the jother set of molds for the finalshaping of the glass, each set of molds comprising two oppositelydisposed hinged members, a cross head for each set of molds, a shafthaving a right and a left screw, screw nut connections. that join thetwo. cross heads with the right and left screws, means forintermittently and reversely rotating the screw.

24. In a glass shaping means, a pair of oppair of oppositely disposedmold sections positioned in a plane at right angles to the cross headsdisposed at ri ht angles to each other mold sections, a supporting head,two

other, a shaft having rig t and left screw 1 portions, the cross headshaving screw nut.

portions for engaging the right and left screw portions, a drive shaft,gear connections between said shaft and the double screw shaft, saidconnections including a clutch gear device, means for setting saidclutch into an operative position to actuate the double screw shaft andanother means for shifting said clutch to stop motion to the screwshaft, automatically actuated by engagement therewith of one-of thecross heads when in the limit of its upward movement.

25. The combination with the central support, the rotary carrier, thehead mounted on the carrier and held for vertical reciprocable movementthereon, the alternately act-i ing gathering and blowing molds mountedin said head, having a plurality of mold cavities, and air exhaustingand blowing means -cooperatively connected with the ,molds; of a neckring, a plurality of mold cores sustained therebythat cooperate with thegathering and blowin molds, said neck ring including a periphera 1ytoothed disk, a drive shaft, a gear meshing with the disk teeth, meansmounted on the carrier forraising and lowering the head atpredetermined'times, a power transmission shaft; shiftable clutchmechanisms for coupling said shaft with the main drive gearing, and withthe head raising and lowering means, said transmission shaft beinggeared .with the drive shaft that engages the toothed disk, and means,for d1sconnect-.

ing the drive power through the transmission shaft alternately from thesaid disk turning shaft and the head raising and lowering means, as setforth.

I 26. .In a machine of the character described, the combinationwitha'pair of op- 85 positely disposed mold sections, another

